Patent Venue After TC Heartland: Is Your Business Safe From the Long Arm of the Eastern District of Texas?

Steve Hanle, chair of Stradling's Intellectual Property practice group, co-authored an article with Ryan Lindsey, senior corporate counsel for IP and litigation at Edwards Lifesciences, entitled "Patent Venue After TC Heartland: Is Your Business Safe From the Long Arm of the Eastern District of Texas?", published in the Orange County Business Journal. The article explains how although the TC Heartland case lessened the likelihood of being sued in the Eastern District of Texas and other districts where your company is not incorporated or headquartered, patent venue remains far from certain. Therefore, businesses should affirmatively assess where they can be sued for patent infringement, and take the necessary steps to limit the possibility that they will be sued somewhere they would rather not be.

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